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Wiederholung

In the previous lesson, you learned to understand when someone is asking about the type of fruit you eat and to say the names of some fruits. You also learned how to use kein to indicate that you do not eat any of a particular fruit. Let’s review what you have learned.

Jetzt bist du dran!

Was hätten Sie gern? Was darf’s sein?  Imagine that you are auf dem Markt in Germany. The person behind the fruit stand would like to know which fruits you want to buy. In your written journal, answer this question by naming at least two fruits. Then record yourself in your audio journal. If you can do it immediately without reading, that’s great! Otherwise, practice saying it a couple times before recording. Or rerecord, if you are not satisfied.

Lektionsüberblick

To be oblivious to something in German is to have Tomaten auf den Augen (tomatoes on your eyes). To help you from having Tomaten auf den Augen as we learn about vegetables, this lesson will introduce you to a large variety of vegetables (Gemüse) typically consumed in the US, starting with the cognates. In the end, you will be able to 1) recognize words for vegetables among other food words, 2) name at least two vegetables that you like to eat, and 3) name at least one vegetable that you do not eat.

1) Tomaten und anderes *echtes* Gemüse (Tomaten and other *real* vegetables)

Like you saw in the previous lesson about fruit, there are many vegetables names that are similar to English. Click on the plus sign in the images below to read and hear the names of some vegetables. Which ones are almost the exact same as English? Be sure to click through to each page.

Let’s practice by starting with the veggies that have names similar to English.

Kleiner Hinweis

Remember the power of the compound word (Komposita) in German. Take the word der Kohl, for example. Read and listen to see how you can multiple vegetable names are based on this one word.

der Blumenkohl
der Rosenkohl
der Weißkohl
der Rotkohl
der Grünkohl

🎥 Interested in the many ways Germans prepare their Kohl? You can watch this video.

2) Ich esse gern…

Welches Gemüse isst du gerne? What vegetables do you like to eat? Look at the images. Read each person’s response.

Ich esse gern Gurken.	Ich esse gern Broccoli.

Let’s practice.

3) Ich esse keine…

Read and listen to the comic below.

Below are some more example sentences.

Ich esse keine Pilze. 

Ich essen keinen Kohl.

Ich esse keine Tomaten. Ich habe eine Allergie gegen Tomaten.

Let’s practice.

Zum Schluß

In this lesson, you learned to 1) recognize words for vegetables among other food words, 2) name at least two vegetables that you like to eat, and 3) name at least one vegetable that you do not eat. If you are feeling unsure about any part of the expanded introduction, go back to that section and review.

Look at the pictures below. Create a sentence for each that states that you like to eat the vegetable or that you do not eat that vegetable (Ich esse keine…). Write these sentences in your written journal.

*As you conclude this lesson, don’t forget to check Canvas!*

Here is a collection of idiomatic expressions featuring vegetables with German explanations.

Media Attributions

• Vegetable hotspot activity adapted from adapted from Grenzenlos Deutsch, licensed under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 International License